Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
The game mechanics make this look like a travel-focused Swarm.
Note: the name as this other travel app I've used and like:Journy 🤔
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Maximiliaan Van Kuyk
@maximiliaan_van_kuyk · Founder
@rrhoover Hi Ryan! Yea you could say that, the algorithm that allots XP to users based on their travels, which we call 'Montu', takes into account about 20 variables on each data point. The trophies are very much like swarm for travel, but the purpose of them is more of a scavenger hunt dynamic while traveling, as well as a fun way to show off some of the cooler places you've been upfront on your profile.
Its the name we have been working with since we started thinking about the project a few years ago and the founders had a hard time letting go of it, I guess life has many Journy's ;)
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Susan Ho
@susan_ho · Founder, Journy (gojourny.com)
@maximiliaan_van_kuyk @rrhoover LOL — Max we should do a partnership to make this evennnn moreeee confusingggg. We're actually re-branding because the SEO for "Journy" is so incredibly bad. We've had so many travelers try to tell their friends about us and their friends can't find us online. Google auto-corrects it to "Journey", there's Journeys the shoe company that takes out paid ads against it, and then of course there's Journey the band. Damn near impossible to get our site to show up without clicking "Search instead for Journy", which most people don't do. We've also been attached to the name, but I definitely regret not pulling the band-aid off sooner and switching to something more search friendly.
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Maximiliaan Van Kuyk
@maximiliaan_van_kuyk · Founder
@susan_ho @rrhoover haha, oh boy. Yea we are acutely aware of this... Def keep us posted on your rebranding so we can make sure not to double up again! When are you planning on executing the rebrand? We are bootstrapped at the moment and this is just our MVP so its something we will be needing to discuss as a team in the next 6 months. Thanks for the heads up though! Also, I can definitely think of a few ways we can collaborate. We should get in touch and float some ideas :)
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Susan Ho
@susan_ho · Founder, Journy (gojourny.com)
@maximiliaan_van_kuyk We need to do it in the next month, but may end up dragging our feet a bit longer... let me know how things go! I'm susan at gojourny.com
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Maximiliaan Van Kuyk
@maximiliaan_van_kuyk · Founder
@susan_ho For sure! we have a friend in common, Gillian from Hitlist. I'll ask her to connect us :)
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